Tag: Arrests
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – A Day of Terror in Masafer Yatta: Occupation Army Brutally Arrests Elderly Palestinian Amputee and Raids Apartment of International Activists
Monday, 15 December 2025 Masafer Yatta – Yesterday morning, December 15, 2025, Israeli forces descended on Sheikh Said’s land in Rakiz, a village in Masafer Yatta. The Palestinian family had recently erected a razor wire fence to prevent settler sheep and ATVs from entering onto their land. The fence had only been there a short…
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UPDATED: Palestinian Activist Ayman Ghrayeb Abused in Custody and Held in Administrative Detention
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESunday, November 23, 2025 Update 3/12/2025: https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/human-rights-defender-ayman-ghraieb-held-administrative-detention Ayman Ghrayeb, a prominent Palestinian grassroots activist based in the Jordan Valley, was arrested by Israeli forces on Monday, November 17, and was forcibly disappeared for two days before his lawyers were given any information about his whereabouts. During this time, Ghrayeb had been covertly held…
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Israel has turned Tulkarm into a stricken city
Diana Khwaelid The Israeli occupation forces have increasingly tightened the siege and restrictions on the city of Tulkarem for seven months in a row, with the city being under the control and constant incursion of Israeli forces, especially affecting the Palestinian refugee camps. Tulkarem refugee camp is the second largest camp in the West Bank.…